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they can't understand why africa's richest economy cannot provide those things. there's anger. the president government, jacob zuma, his administration, they have a lot of work to do. 10 days, two weeks. people are celebrating, then what? reality sings? >> good to see you again. let's take a look at the live picture again as we get you to break. celebrating the life of nelson mandela. jump in here, ali. >> nelson mandela and the new president is no nelson mandela. south africa has some problems in front of of them. >> we'll take a break. after a break, this is al jazeera america. >> we are back, welcome back to the continuing coverage of the death of nelson mandela. look at this. this is the apollo theatre in harlem. >> that's beautiful. >> memory of nelson mandela. >> remember the days before apartheid was over, you could go to harlem and buy the stalls that the guys were selling, "free nelson mandela." it was nelson mandela central. >> i was actually in a room, in a theatre, and i can't remember the year. i've been trying to think of the year, and he was there. i saw stephen
they can't understand why africa's richest economy cannot provide those things. there's anger. the president government, jacob zuma, his administration, they have a lot of work to do. 10 days, two weeks. people are celebrating, then what? reality sings? >> good to see you again. let's take a look at the live picture again as we get you to break. celebrating the life of nelson mandela. jump in here, ali. >> nelson mandela and the new president is no nelson mandela. south africa has...
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the economy added more than 200,000 jobs in november. it's at its lowest point in five years. >>> heavy wind is battering the southwest and it does not seem to be slowing down. sweeping across arkansas and western kentucky, and that rough, rough weather is heading east. in south africa the long good buy to nelson mandela gets under way tuesday. mandela's body will lie instate in the capitol for three days starting wednesday. he will be burredy december 15th after a state funeral. we're in johannesburg, how are people reacting there now? i think i can hear a bit behind you. 24 hours since the news of mandela's death broke around the world. [♪ music ] >> reporter: listen to that. people have been doing this all day, singing and dances, people here are celebrating his life. that's why they've come out in numbers. children who are eight and ten years old are saying we really don't know nelson mandela. we don't know what kind of man he was. but when they come here and see all the support, they say wow, he is a great man. we want to find mor
the economy added more than 200,000 jobs in november. it's at its lowest point in five years. >>> heavy wind is battering the southwest and it does not seem to be slowing down. sweeping across arkansas and western kentucky, and that rough, rough weather is heading east. in south africa the long good buy to nelson mandela gets under way tuesday. mandela's body will lie instate in the capitol for three days starting wednesday. he will be burredy december 15th after a state funeral. we're...
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boycotts choked off the economy, mandela became the most famous prisoner in the word. the off international condemnation and growing domestic unrest chipped away at apartheid until finally mandela was released from prison. it was february 11th, 1990, the streets flowed with joy. and the man who had become a powerful symbol of resistence, walked free. >> vowing never to go back to what he called the black held of apartheid. >> i have spoken about freedom in my lifetime. your discipline, your commitment, has lift me to stand before you today. but freedom wasn't easy, to reform the government has to play peace keeper trying to temper escalading violence between his party and supporters of the freedom party who wanted no part of negotiations with the government that had helped them down for so down. thousands were killed. also his marriage to winny mandela, a powerful political force herself was crumbling. the woman who supported him so publicly, was accused of having affairs and some of the murder rouse violence. they finally divorced. through it all, in 1994, he was able
boycotts choked off the economy, mandela became the most famous prisoner in the word. the off international condemnation and growing domestic unrest chipped away at apartheid until finally mandela was released from prison. it was february 11th, 1990, the streets flowed with joy. and the man who had become a powerful symbol of resistence, walked free. >> vowing never to go back to what he called the black held of apartheid. >> i have spoken about freedom in my lifetime. your...
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economy gained moore jomorejobs than expected. and the gains are wide spread in low and high conditions. it's i something that is key to today's economic news. >> i always kind a reason to find i this report shea shairky. the unemployment rate is down and we have created 200,000 jobs every month but a quarter of the jobs were higher payin paying j6 an hour or more. that is what wei we are concernd about. 1:5 is still low paying. that is part 69 problem. >> of the problem. it's not gang busters and teabs noit'snot a raw numbers thing. sgenerally speaking the qawl quy of jobs is higher. >> at first glance it would appear it's a big deal, but is it? world gets ou obsessed with the unemployment rate. >> i couldn't care less. that number measures a group of people in a changing group of larkehearingerlarger people. i do don't care about that number. more than 150,000 joan because that is the number of more people that come into the work force every month than who retire or pass away. everybodeverything above that i. and those things te
economy gained moore jomorejobs than expected. and the gains are wide spread in low and high conditions. it's i something that is key to today's economic news. >> i always kind a reason to find i this report shea shairky. the unemployment rate is down and we have created 200,000 jobs every month but a quarter of the jobs were higher payin paying j6 an hour or more. that is what wei we are concernd about. 1:5 is still low paying. that is part 69 problem. >> of the problem. it's not...
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but the economy here is in dire straits. the deal with moscow clue the possibility of a cheap deal on gas and perhaps direct aid because reserves here are running out fast. the central bank quite simply is seeing its stock pile of cash ebbing away very quickly. >> tim, we can see behind you the di demonstrateors are still there. what would you say the mood is? are they still very determined? >> they are very determined. it is very cold, but there have been lots of warm words for the demonstrators. by coincidence there was a meeting for the meeting for the organization in kiev this week. they have made a point of coming out and support for peaceful demonstration. that was a rebuke from moscow, seeing it as interference in their own backyard, as it were. we have the former president of georgia, who has had his own battles with russia, standing here and telling them our important it was. earlier in a press conference i asked him what his words would be to the demonstrators. >> so it's not about a political fight here. it's abou
but the economy here is in dire straits. the deal with moscow clue the possibility of a cheap deal on gas and perhaps direct aid because reserves here are running out fast. the central bank quite simply is seeing its stock pile of cash ebbing away very quickly. >> tim, we can see behind you the di demonstrateors are still there. what would you say the mood is? are they still very determined? >> they are very determined. it is very cold, but there have been lots of warm words for the...
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. >> if it is not signed people will be panicked and it will affect the economy of the country. people are running away, people are disappointed and our business men are not investing. money dealers are worried because they cannot work confidently. >> as afghans panic, the afghani is devalued. prices are going up. it is at ordinary markets like this where regular afghans come to spend their hard earned currency buying food, but food prices have gone up significantly in the past few days. that's because the people who sell the food buy in dollars. and the afghanis don't bias much food and the food anchorag shors not been so pad. sacks of food has risen. >> the prices have become so high before we could buy one at a cheaper price but now it's expensive and there's less money and people are so poor they can't afford to buy anything. >> as anxiety hangs over the country's diplomatic future with the u.s., it has quickly affected the things they do worry about. simply putting food on the table. jane ferguson, al jazeera, kabul, afghanistan. >>> the pullout of american forces could jeo
. >> if it is not signed people will be panicked and it will affect the economy of the country. people are running away, people are disappointed and our business men are not investing. money dealers are worried because they cannot work confidently. >> as afghans panic, the afghani is devalued. prices are going up. it is at ordinary markets like this where regular afghans come to spend their hard earned currency buying food, but food prices have gone up significantly in the past few...
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. >> the uk is the world's sixth largest economy. one in five live on the poverty line. one in five call for other solutions. >> israel, jordan and the palastinian authority signed a water sharing initiative to pump water from the red sea to the deadsea through a pipeline. >> the deadsea, one of nation's peck uly arties. it is so rich in minerals and salt that people float naturally in it. it is drying up, with water levels dropping bias much as a metre a year. a new deal signed by israel, jordan and the palestine authority aims to slow down the debt ceiling and providing water to the neighbours. >> they are developing an important projects, which i think will be modern not on for our region but for the whole world where we have conflict and off the erties bringing water together and peace to the people of the region. >> the pipeline will connect the northern tip of the red sea with the debt see a project called the red debt conduit a plant to be built at a jordanian port, the drinking water to be shared by the neighbours. the salty by-product, brian, will be channelled
. >> the uk is the world's sixth largest economy. one in five live on the poverty line. one in five call for other solutions. >> israel, jordan and the palastinian authority signed a water sharing initiative to pump water from the red sea to the deadsea through a pipeline. >> the deadsea, one of nation's peck uly arties. it is so rich in minerals and salt that people float naturally in it. it is drying up, with water levels dropping bias much as a metre a year. a new deal...
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is the world's 6th largest economy, but one in five live below the state poverty line. hard times now call for creative solutions. al jazeera, south josh shire. >> it is time now to go to washington, d.c., joey chen standing by to tell ughs what is coming up at the top of the hour, hi, joey. >> tonight we will look at a remarkable treatment that could be a real break through for certain cancers. it use as life threatening virus to treat cancer. it is for certain leukemia patients, and the virus is the same one that caused aids, tonight we will hear from researchers at two different medical centers about what they have seen so far, and how important it may be to the future of cancer treatments. you can see them under a micro scope, but the t cells become what would have been called serial killer cells they go from one tumor cell to the next and kill them. >> a full report on what doctors tell us could be a real game changer that's coming up at the top of the hour. >> all right, thank you very much. the ballots have been counted and we now know who will be heading to new
is the world's 6th largest economy, but one in five live below the state poverty line. hard times now call for creative solutions. al jazeera, south josh shire. >> it is time now to go to washington, d.c., joey chen standing by to tell ughs what is coming up at the top of the hour, hi, joey. >> tonight we will look at a remarkable treatment that could be a real break through for certain cancers. it use as life threatening virus to treat cancer. it is for certain leukemia patients,...
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is there industry that has developed, where are things going for their economy? >> yeah, so that's the bad side of it is those people who are in the worst of situations who have not seen an improvement. but in fact there last been generally speaking improvement across the country, it has grown terriblsubstantially from wheres in the apartheid days. prosperity. it is a lot safer than it used to be in south africa, education is opened up, health care is more accessible everyone. but bottom line, it's a comparison, i compared it to the united states and people got mad at me for doing it. the rich are getting richer in south africa, the poor are stabilized, probably not getting a lot worse but they are not growing a middle class at the speed, the rate they need to to sustain the infrastructure projects and the education they need to. in that way he compared it to the united states, they need to do much more and they don't have the middle class tax base in which to do it. it is not being felt equally across the population, and i will say this: folks who are rich in so
is there industry that has developed, where are things going for their economy? >> yeah, so that's the bad side of it is those people who are in the worst of situations who have not seen an improvement. but in fact there last been generally speaking improvement across the country, it has grown terriblsubstantially from wheres in the apartheid days. prosperity. it is a lot safer than it used to be in south africa, education is opened up, health care is more accessible everyone. but bottom...
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you and that is good news to a lot of people in business and the economy in a larger sense because it brings something that has been missing for quite some time coming from washington, and that is stability and the ability to plan out if you're a business, whether large or small, your next couple of years, and this budget framework, what i was trying to say earlier, this does not guarantee there isn't going to be a government shutdown, but it goes a long way towards insuring that there will not be. now they have the framework. now they have to put flesh on the bones of that framework in terms of specific line item spending. so good news and bad news here in washington this evening. >> here's the chance--better than average. better than good. that this deal moves forward. after all, patty murray and paul ryan were put forward too negotiate this deal by both chambers of congress. so the idea that they would come together work together some kind of negotiation and then not move forward just doesn't make a whole lot of sense. >> reporter: remarkable. when you think about all the plan bs a
you and that is good news to a lot of people in business and the economy in a larger sense because it brings something that has been missing for quite some time coming from washington, and that is stability and the ability to plan out if you're a business, whether large or small, your next couple of years, and this budget framework, what i was trying to say earlier, this does not guarantee there isn't going to be a government shutdown, but it goes a long way towards insuring that there will not...
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the issue really is africa is an export-driven economy, 60% of their economy is due to the mining sector, the most of which is exported to the world and it's no accident that you see some of the most important economic actors of africa playing a prominent role in this memorial. these are the future trading partners of africa. it's not going to be europe as much as brazil, india and china. i think their role here exemplifies that. >> professor, this is really a critical moment. i was in the middle east at a time the mining strikes were going on in the summer of the year. there was disheartening to see. it really was disheartening to see. we saw miners being show and killed. we saw a very uneven response from the south african leadership. these were miners fighting for what they thought was fair, for rights, for a larger piece of africa's economic pie, and for many in the world, what they saw as a response was a heavy-handed approach from the government. >> that's right. there's talk about africa being -- hosting 25% unemployment right now. that number among the youth is 50%. this is a tic
the issue really is africa is an export-driven economy, 60% of their economy is due to the mining sector, the most of which is exported to the world and it's no accident that you see some of the most important economic actors of africa playing a prominent role in this memorial. these are the future trading partners of africa. it's not going to be europe as much as brazil, india and china. i think their role here exemplifies that. >> professor, this is really a critical moment. i was in...
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cause for concern, in fact there's immediate cause for celebration, it's been a huge boon to the local economy and raised the profile of marine research and ocean awareness so that's a good thing. but will this be a harbinger of worse things to come? that's very much in question. >> for mike sack and his crew, the steady business is good news. but even after so many years on the water, he isn't immune to seeing these whales up close. >> you need to see these things every day and you still say, wow. >> i love it every time i see it. a hump back whale or any whale throw up that tail fluke, it's amazing. >> in the world full of bad news, in this one place, it's been a very happy summer. jacob ward, al jazeera, monterey, california. >> as we get to those colder months, we need to turn our attention to syria and the refugees that are on the turkish side of the border. since the last two and a half years we're now up to about 500,00500,000 refugees to the nf syria. we have a winter storm that is coming here and in the next few days we expect to see if 12 inches of snow just in this region. with such
cause for concern, in fact there's immediate cause for celebration, it's been a huge boon to the local economy and raised the profile of marine research and ocean awareness so that's a good thing. but will this be a harbinger of worse things to come? that's very much in question. >> for mike sack and his crew, the steady business is good news. but even after so many years on the water, he isn't immune to seeing these whales up close. >> you need to see these things every day and you...
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is the world's 6th largest economy but one in five live below the state poverty line. hard times now call for creative solutions. neve barker, al jazeera south yorkshire. >> ross is here with the day in sports. ross, i understand there was a huge controversy as to who will pay in the college football championship game. >> thank goodness. no controversy. florida state versus number 2 auburn, make no mistake, both teams deserve to be here. the seminoles haven't won since the 1999 season and come january 6th rose bowl in pasadena, as to the auburn tigers they seem to be the team of destiny, worst to first, 8th straight year that an sec team will be playing for the national championship. graham, what do you take away from the college football system especially the shakeup in the last ten days? >> i guess you would say there's more parity than we had anticipated, coming ininto the end of the season, to watch alabama go down, oregon go down, bay, it was so crazy to not know who was going to play in the national championship until the final weekend i think it made it more exc
is the world's 6th largest economy but one in five live below the state poverty line. hard times now call for creative solutions. neve barker, al jazeera south yorkshire. >> ross is here with the day in sports. ross, i understand there was a huge controversy as to who will pay in the college football championship game. >> thank goodness. no controversy. florida state versus number 2 auburn, make no mistake, both teams deserve to be here. the seminoles haven't won since the 1999...
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that has driven its economy. it has made men rich yet kept most here poor, and so see this moment as a season of change. >> last week, a california judge dealt the rail project a setback denying a request to speed up construction for a 14 mile route from fresno to bakersfield. >> in our next segment, south of the border where drug violence and heartache rule the streets. the people of ciudad juarez are playing for keeps. >> start with one issue ad guests on all sides of the debate. and a host willing to ask the tough questions and you'll get... the inside story ray suarez hosts inside story weekdays at 5pm et / 2pm pt only on al jazeera america the stream is uniquely interactive television. in fact, we depend on you, your ideas, your concerns. >> all these folks are making a whole lot of money. >> you are one of the voices of this show. >> i think you've offended everyone with that kathy. >> hold on, there's some room to offend people, i'm here. >> we have a right to know what's in our food and monsanto do not ha
that has driven its economy. it has made men rich yet kept most here poor, and so see this moment as a season of change. >> last week, a california judge dealt the rail project a setback denying a request to speed up construction for a 14 mile route from fresno to bakersfield. >> in our next segment, south of the border where drug violence and heartache rule the streets. the people of ciudad juarez are playing for keeps. >> start with one issue ad guests on all sides of the...
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that has driven its economy. it has made men rich yet kept most here poor, and so see this moment as a season of change. >> last week, a california judge dealt the rail project a setback denying a request to speed up construction for a 14 mile route from fresno to bakersfield. >> in our next segment, south of the border where drug violence and heartache rule the streets. the people of ciudad juarez are playing for keeps. >> now a snapshot of stories making headlines, hezbollah is searching for whoever is responsible for the death of its military leader. the assassination took place after saudi arabia was accused of the deadly bombing in beirut last month. newtown families t 911 calls placed from the elementary school. 7 panicked calls recorded freedom of calls. the freedom of information commission ordered the release of those calls. >>> stolen in mexico, a cargo truck hauling dangerous radioactive material. the next co nuclear commission says the thieves removed cobalt after stealing the truck from a gas station
that has driven its economy. it has made men rich yet kept most here poor, and so see this moment as a season of change. >> last week, a california judge dealt the rail project a setback denying a request to speed up construction for a 14 mile route from fresno to bakersfield. >> in our next segment, south of the border where drug violence and heartache rule the streets. the people of ciudad juarez are playing for keeps. >> now a snapshot of stories making headlines, hezbollah...
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it's economy is in dire straits. so i think there will be a huge degree of skepticism not only from the protesters here but also from the general public, skepticism if not cynicism. >> we certainly heard that voiced by some of the protesters that you spoke to. and there are clearly deep divisions within the country about the future direction whether there should be closer ties with the eu or of course russia. do you get the sense that both sides are really digging their heels in, making compromise even less likely. >> i think there is an attempt to compromise. both sides are pretty entrenched, but the foreign affairs envoy katherine ashton is in town. she will be talking to the president and members of the opposition as well. she will be striving to at least find some common ground because if the they don't work towards that, then as i was saying in my report, the very real risk of more conflict and perhaps violence, conflict, the repeat of what we saw a couple of weekends ago when police really broout -- brutally be
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the switch to cleaner energy could hurt an economy still recovering from the last recession. of course, coal does have emissions and you know, there are important issues, but we never really got focused on how to fix those. it was just throw it all out. >> mr. speaker. >> power and politics in ontario's parliament where there has been fierce criticism on its emphasis on green energy and it costs. the architects of the plans defend it ro robustly. >> you take all the costs involved, it ends up being cost effective. >> ontario's greenhouse gas emissions are lower as it becomes the first place in north america to give up coal. what isn't clear is whether local voters will agree with their government in fighting climate change is worth paying more for power. >> letting kids be kids. coming up, clowns put on a show for children in a syrian refugee camp. >> welcome back to al jazeera america. i'm stephanie sy. here are today's top headlines. thousands of new york city commuters had to find other ways to get to work after a trail derailed sunday just outside of manhattan. investigat
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and the economy is very fragile so the strength of the economy, let's not provide disincentives for people to go out and find work. >> reporter: how important is it that a deal gets done and given the approval rating fell after the budget shut down? >> it's important to get a deal done and republicans last fall when we had this challenge i think were hurt more than democrats by it. but i think for the most part republicans will work hard to get this done and get it done in time to avoid a government shut down or default in our debt. >> reporter: all right joe watkins former aid to president george hw bush and live from philadelphia thank you. they will end with victories and today is a two-week year-end session to tackle bills and nominees and talking about patricia millet on the d.c. circuit of appeals and the first to come up since the filibuster rule was changed and five other nominations are before the senate including janet yellen to lead the federal reserve and jay johnson to head homeland security. one senator is looking to keep police from tapping her phones, last year cell
and the economy is very fragile so the strength of the economy, let's not provide disincentives for people to go out and find work. >> reporter: how important is it that a deal gets done and given the approval rating fell after the budget shut down? >> it's important to get a deal done and republicans last fall when we had this challenge i think were hurt more than democrats by it. but i think for the most part republicans will work hard to get this done and get it done in time to...
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there's an effort to get local economies moving. this is one of the hardest hit areas. >> there's little left on the shore line at tacloban. roland is a fisherman or was given his boat fits a couple of kilo metres inland. >> how much were you earn. >> before i was earn about 3,000 pesos from the catch. what i catch now is what we eat. because i don't have a boat. >> and the truth is roland's story is replicated thousands of times. the change after the emergency aid phase has been to get people working. >> the streets, every street in tacloban is a mess and they need cleaning up which means you have ready-made jobs. that's why you have upwards of 20,000 lining up for the work for cash scheme. they get a job, money in the pockets and a big role in the rescue of their own city. >> cleaning the house - we pay them. the whole point is if every one of them are cleanlying up tacloban, we can revive it. with the money they had on hand they can buy things. you can see there's a lot of sales. immediately the economy has been revived. >> in fa
there's an effort to get local economies moving. this is one of the hardest hit areas. >> there's little left on the shore line at tacloban. roland is a fisherman or was given his boat fits a couple of kilo metres inland. >> how much were you earn. >> before i was earn about 3,000 pesos from the catch. what i catch now is what we eat. because i don't have a boat. >> and the truth is roland's story is replicated thousands of times. the change after the emergency aid phase...
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gaza say that strangles their economy. fishermen and activist challenge the blockade by heading straight to the israeli ships. they are aware of the risks. >> we are just armed with international law. we can stand in front of them saying this is our sea, our land, our sky. you shouldn't be here. >> reporter: by challenging the blockade israel may stop them or attack them. with two-thirds of gaza living on less than $2 a day these people feel they have nothing to lose. for israel the block said is about israel. missiles are fired into gaza. iin an why raw sewage runs in te streets, power cuts 12 hours a day, they say the block cases increase their suffering. there is a saying in each bag of cement there are more than 45 jobs. but the blockade says a construction project like this has ground to a halt, and this has made economic conditions more miserable. >> they are owed a new house. his was bulldozed by the israelis in 2004. but because of the blockade he is a nomad still without a permanent home. >> because of this, i he
gaza say that strangles their economy. fishermen and activist challenge the blockade by heading straight to the israeli ships. they are aware of the risks. >> we are just armed with international law. we can stand in front of them saying this is our sea, our land, our sky. you shouldn't be here. >> reporter: by challenging the blockade israel may stop them or attack them. with two-thirds of gaza living on less than $2 a day these people feel they have nothing to lose. for israel the...
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government wants to see an end to the proxy war going on in the second city killing civilians and the local economy. but how the military will deal with the war and factions will be a big test. andrew simmons al jazeera beirut. >> and an update on syria we have reports that two people have been killed in an explosion in damascus. this is according to syrian state television, an explosion by suicide bomber who blew himself up in central damascus this tuesday and 17 people are injured and we will bring you information on this breaking story if and when we have it. the powerful north korea un has been removed from his post. and he was widely believes to be the power behind the north korean leader and held vice chairman of the commission and there are reports that two of his close associates have been executed following corruption charges. the u.s. vice president expressed concerns over china's expansion of the air defense zone in the east china sea and it was in japan and the first stop in a three-nation tour of asia and he will make a visit to china on wednesday and tokyo and bejing are talking about
government wants to see an end to the proxy war going on in the second city killing civilians and the local economy. but how the military will deal with the war and factions will be a big test. andrew simmons al jazeera beirut. >> and an update on syria we have reports that two people have been killed in an explosion in damascus. this is according to syrian state television, an explosion by suicide bomber who blew himself up in central damascus this tuesday and 17 people are injured and...
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the switch from coal to cleaner energy could hurt an economy still recovering from the last recession. >> coal does have emissions, and there are important issues, but we never really got focused on how to fix those. it was just throw it all out. >> power and politics in ontar ontario's parliament where there has been fierce criticism on its look at green energy. >> you have to stop shooting yourself in the foot. it just makes sense to do it. we'll get through it, and when you take all the costs involved it ends up being more cost effective. >> ontario's green cass gas emissions are lower, it becomes the first place in north america to give up coal. what isn't clear is whether local voters will agree with their government that fighting climate change is worth paying more for power. >> more to come we'll have more on sports. one of barcelona's players say they must learn from their mistakes. details coming up. >> and now, a techknow minute..Ñ >> the international diabetes federation is predicting a sharp rise in the number of people with the disease. right now there are 382 million pe
the switch from coal to cleaner energy could hurt an economy still recovering from the last recession. >> coal does have emissions, and there are important issues, but we never really got focused on how to fix those. it was just throw it all out. >> power and politics in ontar ontario's parliament where there has been fierce criticism on its look at green energy. >> you have to stop shooting yourself in the foot. it just makes sense to do it. we'll get through it, and when you...